John
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John of Islay, Earl of Ross, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman and Lord of the Isles who played a significant role in the politics of the Scottish Highlands and western seaboard.
All labels observed (1)
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| John canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16282892 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Context triple: [John of Islay, Earl of Ross, givenName, John]
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John
John Vassall Jr. was a British civil servant who became notorious as a Soviet spy during the Cold War.
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John
John is the given first name of Johnny Kilbane, an American featherweight boxing champion from the early 20th century.
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John
John is the given name of John Albert William Spencer-Churchill, a British aristocrat and 10th Duke of Marlborough.
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John
John was a Portuguese royal who held the title of Prince of Brazil and later became King John VI of Portugal.
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John
John is the given name of John Cornford, a British poet and communist who was killed while fighting in the Spanish Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Target entity description: John of Islay, Earl of Ross, was a 15th-century Scottish nobleman and Lord of the Isles who played a significant role in the politics of the Scottish Highlands and western seaboard.
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John
John is the given name of John Stewart, Earl of Mar, a Scottish nobleman and political figure.
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John
John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray, was a 14th-century Scottish nobleman and military leader who served as Regent of Scotland during the minority of King David II.
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C.
John
John is the given name of John Graham, 6th Earl of Menteith, a Scottish nobleman from the early 17th century.
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John
John was the given name of John Stewart, Earl of Carrick, a Scottish nobleman of the late medieval period.
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E.
John
John is the given name of John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, a prominent 18th-century Scottish nobleman and military leader.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.